Dan Serns Bio

DAN SERNS Bio (August 2009)

  • Born 2-19-56 in Escondido, California
  • Raised in California, Hawaii, Texas, Florida, and North Carolina in home of Seventh-day Adventist minister

Family:

  • Wife-Lois, married August, 1980 (High School Math Teacher)
  • Children-Jacob (b.1985), Dustin (b. 1987), Danesa (b.1992)
  • Greatest wife and children in the world!
  • Hobbies: Family Football, Hiking, Travel, Reading, Water Skiing

Education:

  • Graduated from Mount Pisgah Academy, North Carolina
  • Attended Southern Adventist University, Tennessee & Newbold College in England
  • Graduated in 1979 with a BA in Religion & BA in Business Administration from Pacific Union College, California
  • MA Pastoral Ministry, Andrews University Seminary, Berrien Springs, MI, 2009

Experiences:

  • Preached first sermon at age fourteen (14)
  • Temperance Oration Winner and State Geometry Champion in Academy
  • Elected to class and Student Association offices in Academy and College
  • Student Missionary in Korea 76-77
  • Ordained 1984
  • North American Division Teen Ministry Award
  • Visited more than 50 countries
  • Published in Adventist World, Adventist Review, Insight Magazine, Ministry Magazine, Several Union papers

Ministry Experience:

Texas Conference

  • 1979-82    Founded and directed BIESDA Language Programs, teaching English conversation and Bible along the Texas-Mexico border, a community service and evangelistic project of the Texas Conference of Seventh-day Adventists; Operated BIESDA Summer Camp summers 80-82; Over 60 student missionaries served at BIESDA; over 70 people baptized through its ministry
  • 82-84    Pastor of Brownsville, Texas English Seventh-day Adventist church while continuing as BIESDA Director, Laid groundwork to start church school, Baptized 68 people
  • 84-89    Youth Director of Texas Conference of Seventh-day Adventists; Began yearly Pathfinder Leadership Training & Camporees; Built Pathfinder organization from 524 in 26 clubs to over 2,000 in 86 clubs; Conducted yearly area youth rallies; Initiated Adventist Mission Teams to Belize & Mexico, involving over 2,000 people in 48 projects over the next ten years
  • 89-91    Church Ministries Director while continuing as Youth Director of Texas Conference of Seventh-day Adventists; Initiated annual area Church Officers Training Seminars; Initiated Christian Music, ETC
  • 91-94    Vice President of Texas Conference of Seventh-day Adventists with special emphasis on involving youth and young adults in the life and mission of the church; initiated Student Pastor program with Southwestern Adventist University; Youth Discipleship Program; annual Youth Congress; Students on boards & committees
  • 94-95    Church Ministries Director of Texas Conference of Seventh-day Adventists; Initiated area training in six aspects of Outreach

Kansas-Nebraska Conference

  • 95-99    Pastor, Chapel Oaks Seventh-day Adventist Church, Kansas City, KS
    • Initiatives- Amazing Facts Bible Classes; Church-wide Visitation program; Splitlog Park Youth Outreach; Capital Stewardship Program; Encouraged Midland Adventist Academy to expand from K-10 to K-12 program
    • Growth- Baptized 60+ people; Planted Kansas City, KS Spanish Church

Upper Columbia Conference

  • 99-04    Senior Pastor, Wenatchee, WA District Seventh-day Adventist Churches
    • Initiatives- Sermons on Christian radio & cable TV, Adventist Ambassadors Weekend, Enhanced Nominating Committee & Ministry Placement process; Hosted Wenatchee Youth Challenge Summer Magabook program; Encouraged Homeless Park Ministry; Raised money to build eleven churches in India and provide seven global missions couples for three years; “Adopted” Leavenworth SDA church into Wenatchee district; Coached lay people and youth in conducting evangelistic series.
    • Growth- Planted Abundant Life SDA Church in Wenatchee and added it to the district;  75+ People baptized in district

North Pacific Union Conference

  • 04-Present    Ministerial Director/Soul Winning, Global Missions, Church Planting

Evangelism Experiences:

Conducted Evangelistic Campaigns, Revelation Seminars, and/or Weeks of Prayer, in the following locations:

  • Belize- Belmopan
  • Bolivia- Santa Cruz Plan 3000
  • Dominican Republic- Santo Domingo (Piantini Church); San Pedro de Macoris Central
  • India (Andhra Pradesh) – Jaggannapeta Ten village program; Eluru Ten village program
  • Korea- Seoul; Busan
  • Mexico- Monterey; Linares; Doctor Arroyo
  • Philippines- Metro Manila (Cabuyao); Lucena; San Pablo City Metro
  • Russia- Metalostroi
  • Ukraine- Chernovtsy; Khmelnik; Mykolayiv
  • USA:
    • Alaska- Anchorage Jr. Academy
    • Idaho- Camp MiVoden; Gem State Academy
    • Kansas- Kansas City (2), Enterprise Academy, Midland Adventist School, Broken Arrow Ranch
    • North Carolina- High Point
    • New Mexico- Sandia View Academy
    • Massachusetts- Southern New England Campmeeting Youth
    • Pennsylvania- Blue Mountain Academy
    • Texas- Brownsville Area (6), Bryan, Burton Academy (2), Cleburne, Crowley, Jefferson Academy, Joshua, Kingsville, Mansfield, Nameless Valley Ranch, Stephenville, Valley Grande Academy
    • Washington- Cascade Christian Academy, Meadow Glade, Sunset Lake Camp, Upper Columbia Academy, Vancouver Area (3), Wenatchee (2)
    • Wisconsin- Wisconsin Academy, Wisconsin Campmeeting Young Adults

Committee Experience:

  • Executive Committees- Texas Conference, Kansas-Nebraska Conference, North American Division
  • Academy Boards- Valley Grande Academy, Jefferson Academy, Enterprise Academy, Midland Adventist Academy, Cascade Christian Academy
  • Other- Seminars Unlimited, Nameless Valley Ranch, Valley Grande Manor Nursing Homes Association, Mid-America Union Church Planting Committee, Upper Columbia Conference Church Planting Committee, Camp MiVoden Development Committee, Texas Conference Association, KS-NE Conference Association, NPUC Presidents’ Council

Passion in Ministry: Leadership Development, Global Missions, Soul-winning, and Family

 

Favorite Bible Verses: Philippians 3:7-12 and Isaiah 40:31

Contact: Dan.Serns@nw.npuc.org, 360-609-2886, or www.Facebook.com/danserns

Responses

  1. Your biography has really touched my life. Pray God to bless you as you work in his vineyard. Have a blessed time with entire family.

  2. Praise God from whomall blessings flow. I do praise Him for filling your heart and your life with His love and giving you a passion to share that love. I am blessed!

  3. How nice to see a picture of you and all the other information. After so many months of computer-contact, I somehow miss to know you and Marella more closely. But one day I will meet you and your families! By the way, I used to be a teacher and we have the same hobbies and I am extremly impressed, that you are a Ministerial Director of Soul winning! Wish I could hear you in action!
    God bless you
    Marianne Faust


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